In Pursuit of Performance - Management Systems in State and Local Government (Hardcover, New)

Based on five years of extensive research by the Government Performance Project, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how government managers and elected officials use management and management systems to improve performance. Drawing on data from across the nation, it examines the performance of state, county, and city governments between 1997 and 2002 within the framework of five basic management systems: financial information, human resources, capital and infrastructure, and results evaluation. Key issues addressed are: how governments strategically select which elements of management to emphasize; the role of leadership; how those governments that aim to improve performance differ from those that do not; and, what effective management looks like. Through this careful, in-depth investigation, the contributors conclude that the most effective governments are not those with the most resources, but those that use the resources available to them most carefully and strategically. In Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.

General

Imprint:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	April 2007
Editors:	Patricia W. Ingraham
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	272
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-8018-8568-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Local government > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management of specific areas > General
LSN:	0-8018-8568-X
Barcode:	9780801885686

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